952 projects whose affiliated fair was here.
952 projects · showing 931–952
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
Polychlorinated biphenyls, PCBs, have been shown to cause a variety of adverse health effects on the immune, reproductive, nervous, and endocrine systems. Due to their once widespread usage…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Photoacoustic microscopy (PAM) is an emerging non-invasive, high-resolution imaging technique used for superficial imaging of blood-related parameters in vivo without the use of contrast age…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Fourth Award
The future of personalized cancer treatment relies on the existence of computational models that can accurately predict how a patient will respond to a cancer drug, given the genetic makeup…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
The purpose of this study was to screen several VHH nanobodies for effective intracellular binding to a-Synuclein (Syn), whose aggregation is associated with Parkinson’s disease. Previously,…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
The role of psychosocial care for cancer patients has become a priority to include in effective cancer treatment. Estimates indicate that 88% of women with breast cancer recover from the dis…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Third Award
Multidrug resistance (MDR) is a major obstacle to successful chemotherapy. The main cause of MDR is the increased drug efflux by ABC transporters. AC220 is a potent and selective inhibitor o…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical
This study focused on advancing research in the capture of colon circulating tumor cells (CTCs), by engineering an implantable shunt device that will reduce metastatic burden by inducing apo…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy Fourth Award
The accuracy of two fundamental techniques of orbital determination, Gaussian and Laplacian, was compared for three near-Earth asteroids (NEAs): 2010 TN54, 1998 QE2, and 1989 FC, chosen for…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Physical Third Award
Over 25 million Americans alone live with some form of renal complication, resulting in hundreds of thousands of deaths every year. Increased development in the kidney research field could r…
ISEF · 2014
Earth and Environmental Sciences Third Award
Every drug that is introduced into an organism has an effect in up or down regulating the genes within that organism. A better understanding of the differentially expressed genes within that…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics Second Award
The fabrication of laser grade ceramics must be improved to achieve better reproducibility of high quality yields, requiring a control of the bulk stoichiometry beyond that of current analyt…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry Fourth Award
The use of transition state analogs to inhibit protein and enzyme activity has an extremely powerful application to medical and biochemical disciplines. Kluyveromyces lactis, along with many…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Currently, carbon dioxide (CO2) released from the burning of petroleum-based fuels contributes significantly to environmental and economic problems associated with fossil fuel dependence. Hy…
ISEF · 2014
Biomedical and Health Sciences
The objective of the project was to determine whether or not the antioxidants of super fruits acai, blueberries, pomegranates, and Chinese medicinal herb, astragalus were powerful enough red…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Angiosperms have gone through multiple radiations throughout their evolutionary history, resulting in their great diversity. Certain gene classes (A, B and C) have been shown to function in…
ISEF · 2014
Plant Sciences
Post-mortem examination of brains from patients with chronic traumatic encephalopathy (CTE) reveals massive accumulation of neurofibrillary tangles (NFTs) throughout the brain. Mild yet repe…
ISEF · 2014
Mathematics Third Award
With world-wide rates of obesity increasing, understanding the biochemical changes associated with the progression of obesity has become increasingly important. Osteopontin (OPN) levels have…
ISEF · 2014
Energy: Chemical
Liquids possess potential for use as adaptive lenses; lenses that can change their optical properties. The Double Droplet System (DDS) provides a unique type of liquid lens, one that rapidly…
ISEF · 2014
Chemistry
Many global and national recessions have been caused by or exacerbated by bank failures. The most recent economic crisis, the recession of 2008, was triggered by a banking panic. Accurately…
ISEF · 2014
Engineering Mechanics
In his experiment the author uses a side slip to land a model Cessna 170 in crosswind conditions. He hypothesizes that equipping aircraft with intelligent autonomous holonomic landing gear i…
ISEF · 2014
Physics and Astronomy
Stars originate from massive dense cores of gas and dust. Cold gas and dust in interstellar molecular clouds clump up due to turbulent motion and form regions called dark clouds that are sli…
ISEF · 2014
Computational Biology and Bioinformatics
Understanding phosphorylation of Zip1’s M region can elucidate required meiotic mechanisms. The study focused on understanding the phopsholitic importance of suspected critical serines: 512,…